Microsoft: 'This is Just the Beginning'

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More titles planned for release in 2011. E3 reveals likely.

By Jim Reilly

Microsoft held a preview event for members of the press today to showcase several key titles slated for release in 2011. The company showed off many first-party titles, including Gears of War 3 and The Gunstringer for Kinect, as well as other third-party games, such as Batman: Arkham City.

Fans, however, may have been disappointed by the showing, since other major titles, including the heavily rumored Halo: Combat Evolved remake, were not on display. Kevin Unangst, Senior Global Director at Microsoft, told IGN there are more announcements planned for this year.

"This is just a first-look at what's coming the rest of this year," Unangst said when asked if there are more major first-party titles coming this year. "The fact that we're showing off great games like Gunstringer; the first games where we've got great developers that know how to make core games with Kinect, and now you're starting to see the result of that. This is absolutely just the beginning."

"We also hold some things back for a little event that happens later in the year," Unangst said, referring to E3 this coming June. When asked if the first-party games they'll be revealing at the event will be released this year, Unangst would only say, "You should expect we're going to have some great news at E3."

I asked Unangst to name one Xbox 360 exclusive title that people can excited for this year besides Forza 4 and Gears of War 3. Unangst said Kinect: Star Wars, which he says is "a safe assumption" that the game will be on display at E3.